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Gabriel Parker

Gabriel Parker

Miami, FL, US

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Kylix

A three in one drinking cup with saucer, egg-cup and chip & dip server plate combination.

The inspiration behind it was to find a better way of handling your everyday coffee
which is hard to grasp by crunching 2 or 3 fingers through a small ear, burns your fingers
pressed against the hot surface of the mug with scalding coffee, and then slides and tumbles
on a slick tiny saucer plate, which could cause accidents, spills or even severe burns as you
watch your 80 year old grandmother deal with it all having arthritis or weak hands...

Unique features:

1) The cup slides down on a raised cylindrical shape at center of the plate keeping it secure.
2) This cylindrical shape allows a hard boiled egg to fit in as well as accommodate your toast around that shape on the center.
3) The side opening on the plate allows your thumb to fit through directing pressure away from
fingertips onto the tough thick tissues between thumb and forefinger, which ergonomic studies
have shown to be the strongest area of the hand for grasping.
4) Finally, the opposite side of the plate curves upward to hold your chips or cookies and keep them from
falling or sliding off while you enjoy your favorite dip inside the cylindrical cavity  on the center of the plate.
5) For added space saving value, both cup & plate are stackable as multiple units, as shown below.

If we can make something easy, practical and attractive looking to help the 58% of Americans
over 65 with some kind of disability, imagine how easier and nicer it would be for the rest of us !!
Materials could range form plastic to ceramic.

 

 
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